Arrr... the WET season delemas.
Submitted: Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 21:34
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Member - Noel K (NT)
Here I am sitting upstairs on
the balcony on Mt Moil in
Darwin all alone with a kilo of fresh prawns, salad and dip, can of beer with little droplets of condensation running down the sides and nobody to SHARE them with.The temp is about 26 degree's, the rain is bleep istantly coming down (global warming is not fashionable here yet) One neighbours has gone to Brisvagus down Mexico way, the other side are in
the pool with the kids, so can't upset that and the ones out the back have their IN LAWS up, definitely can't waste the....sorry, intrude on them.
Was going to take the prawns to
Adelaide River tio SHARE them with "old mate" at Mt Bundy Station, but because of the rain bleep istantly coming down I thought the roads might be a bit dodgy, and didn't won't to get stuck with a kilo of prawns going off in this climate.
I would dearly love to send one to each of you but I only have 36 and aren't the Posties on srike... ?
Well they are up here I'm sure...and anyway that creates the dilemma of which 36 of you, would I send a prawn to?
So here I am sitting here listening to the concogophanny....err ....concockufuny...err... arrh buggar it, the racket the neibhours frogs are making (must talk to them about their frogs) typing on the lap top with one hand and peeling a prawn with the other.. yeah, we can do that up here at Mt Moil, wondering what I should do so as not to look over indulgent...
Do you understand my dilemma??
Noel K.
Reply By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 21:43
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 21:43
G/Day Noel
There are 2 things a Bloke must not do while eating Prawns, Spill His Beer, and Spill His Beer, ENJOY.
Cheers
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Reply By: oldfart1953 - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 22:34
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 22:34
Well here I am at Balgo Community (3 hrs south of
Halls Creek) looking after the essential
services here power water etc, waiting for the wet to arrive. Haven't had any rain for three weeks, all we had before that was about 7" & that has
well & truly disappeared although things have greened up somewhat.
Regards to all
CU down the road
Tony H
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel K (NT) - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:49
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:49
Hello Tony,
I think you and I will meet in the next few months believe it or not. I could be there to measure and drawer the community
shop, and will certainly say g'day.
Noel K.
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Reply By: Willem - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:01
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:01
T'was 41° here in the deep south today and expecting 43° tomorrow and Monday. Last year we topped with 48°.
So there is not much else to do but to hide in the house with the aircon on :-)
Enjoy the Frogs....I remember them
well....lol
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel K (NT) - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:36
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:36
I'll send you a prawn each, but don't take em outside, ok.
Noel K.
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:55
Saturday, Jan 09, 2010 at 23:55
Here I am... sitting down the track at the big city of
Adelaide.....River that is, my mouth is watering just thinking about the Prawns I missed out on...and so's me other little mate and all his crew too.
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel K (NT) - Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 01:02
Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 01:02
Oh all right, I'll send you one too, AND one for ya mate!
Bloody hell how many does that leave me?
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Reply By: Member - lyndon NT - Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 09:37
Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 09:37
G’day Noel
We are having the same problem sitting on
the balcony of our apartment overlooking the marina in
Darwin. Fortunately for us we have 3 kilo’s, the lady from the boat Austral delivers them to our door for the princely sum of $45, for three kilo’s that is! It is surprising just how few terrorists we have visit this time of year, the build up I can understand but the wet?? That condensation on the beer can, can be annoying if somewhat embarrassing as the resulting wet crotch can be difficult to explain to newly arrived guests, a stubby holder is the preventative.
We had the pleasure of a couple of weeks in
Adelaide over Christmas, the twenty degree variance in temperature over a TWO hour period helped confirm that we made the right decision when we moved north.
Life's hard.
Lyndon & Bernadette
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Reply By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:02
Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:02
Gooday Noel,
if I had seen this last night I could have popped over to help put your conscience.... er.. er... I mean stomach.... at rest... A grown man shouldn't have to eat all those prawns on his own lol....
regards
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Follow Up By: Member - Noel K (NT) - Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:55
Sunday, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:55
Arrr gee Fred, I'm touched by your concern, as only a fellow Territorion would understand my dilemma. I would love to send you and yours a prawn each, but unfortunately they have mysteriously dissapeared......those bloody frogs!!!
Or was it LYNDON, after a cheap prawn? Bloody MEXICAN!
Nar only joking, welcome to the top end Lyndon.
Noel K.
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Reply By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Monday, Jan 11, 2010 at 13:16
Monday, Jan 11, 2010 at 13:16
THATS IT!
I am booking my next work inspection trip to
Darwin RIGHT NOW.
Should be up there in early Feb
Cheers
Pete
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Reply By: Member - Hayjude (NSW) - Monday, Jan 11, 2010 at 21:14
Monday, Jan 11, 2010 at 21:14
bloody hell we have just spent the weekend in
Darwin staying at the Botanic Gardens Apartments doing all the touristy bits like going over on the ferry to
Mandorah for the Sunday Session and shopping at all the fishing shops. Had a great time sweating and got back to
Katherine this afternoon ready for work tomorrow. Would have loved to share a prawn with you. Maybe next time. PS Stubby holders are a must no matter where in Aus you are.
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